K-wire fixation for redislocated Colles' fractures. Malunion in 8/21 cases

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-261

  Oskam, Jacques ^a,b   Kingma, Johannes ^a   Bart, Jos ^a   Klasen, Henk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLES FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; RADIUS FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0030855729     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679708996697     Document Type: Article

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